Sufflamen
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Sufflamen is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and ability to lock their dorsal spines for defense, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sufflamen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4411314 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sufflamen Context triple: [Balistidae, containsGenus, Sufflamen]
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A.
Fulpmes
Fulpmes is a Tyrolean village in western Austria known for its alpine setting in the Stubai Valley and its tradition of metalworking and tourism.
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B.
Fortius
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
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C.
Suffetes
Suffetes were the chief magistrates of ancient Carthage, functioning as its highest elected political and judicial officials.
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D.
Latreillius
Latreillius is a genus of crustaceans named in honor of the French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille.
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E.
Spes Bona
Spes Bona is the Latin motto of the University of Cape Town, meaning "Good Hope" and reflecting the institution’s historical and regional identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sufflamen Target entity description: Sufflamen is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and ability to lock their dorsal spines for defense, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
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A.
Fulpmes
Fulpmes is a Tyrolean village in western Austria known for its alpine setting in the Stubai Valley and its tradition of metalworking and tourism.
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B.
Fortius
Fortius is the Latin word meaning "stronger," best known as part of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger").
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C.
Suffetes
Suffetes were the chief magistrates of ancient Carthage, functioning as its highest elected political and judicial officials.
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D.
Latreillius
Latreillius is a genus of crustaceans named in honor of the French zoologist and entomologist Pierre André Latreille.
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E.
Spes Bona
Spes Bona is the Latin motto of the University of Cape Town, meaning "Good Hope" and reflecting the institution’s historical and regional identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish genus
ⓘ
genus ⓘ |
| associatedHabitat |
coral reefs
ⓘ
rocky reefs ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Balistidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyShape | laterally compressed ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commonName | triggerfishes ⓘ |
| defensiveAdaptation | ability to lock dorsal spines ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical oceans
ⓘ
tropical oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | reef-associated fish ⓘ |
| environment | saltwater ⓘ |
| family | Balistidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feedingType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical marine waters
ⓘ
tropical marine waters ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
compressed body
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robust scales ⓘ strong jaws ⓘ |
| isA | marine fish genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | fins-based swimming ⓘ |
| notableFeature | locking first dorsal spine as a wedge in crevices ⓘ |
| order | Tetraodontiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Balistidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bony fish ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sufflamen Description of subject: Sufflamen is a genus of triggerfishes known for their laterally compressed bodies and ability to lock their dorsal spines for defense, found in tropical and subtropical marine waters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.